Kitchen-cabinet.



W; SELLERS.

KITCHEN CABINET- APPLICATION FILED NOV-1E1. "915. 1,21 3,279. Patented Jan. 23, 1917.

2 SHEETS-SHEETL W. SELLERS.

KITCHEN CABINET.

APPLICATION FHQED NOV-1h 1915- V 1,213,279. Patented Jan. 23,1917.

2 SHEETSSHEET 2- imam VIM T OFFTGE.

WILFRED SELLERS, OF ELWOOD, INDIANA.

KITCHEN- CABINET.

Application filed November 11, 1915.

To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, lVILrRED SELLERS, a citizen of the United States, residing at Elwood, in the county of Madison and State of Indiana, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Kitchen-Cabinets; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the in vention, such as will enable othersskilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

This invention relates to improvements in kitchen-cabinets, and has particular reference to the upper portion thereof and wherein is contained the flour-bin or receptacle.

Heretofore, it has been customary, in the construction of kitchen-cabinets, to employ metal fixtures for the purpose of suspending in a swinging manner the flour-bin or re ceptacle, whereby the latter was capable of being swung upward and rearward into the flour-bin receiving compartment or outward from the same for the purpose of refilling. The bin or receptacle was supported more or less vertically at all times, so that its filling-opening being uppermost, the operation of refilling was attended with more or less inconvenience; and, furthermore, the employment of the metal fixtures for the support of the bin or receptacle, in addition to increasing the cost of the cabinet as a whole, precluded the use of a flexible curtain or door for closing the compartment of the cabinet usually located in the lower portion of the upper portion or top thereof, such style of closure for this compartment being a desirable feature in all modern cabinets by reason of the fact that in order to gain access to the compartment it closes it is not necessary to remove articles from the sliding mediately in front as would be the case were hinged doors employed.

The objects, therefore, of this invention are to obviate and overcome the difficulties and disadvantages heretofore enumerated;

and the invention consists in features of construction hereinafter described and particularly pointed out in the appended claims.

Referring to the drawings Figure l is a front elevation of the Specification of Letters Patent.

table imupper portion or half Patented Jan. 23, 1917. Serial No. 60,926.

of a kitchen-cabinet embodying my improvements, the flexible curtain or door being shown raised, and the lower portion of the cabinet as broken away; Fig. 2 is a vertical tran verse sectional view of Fig. l, the flourbin or receptacle being shown in its elevated or normal position and partly in section and partly in side elevation; Fig. 3 is a View similar to Fig. 2, but with the flour-bin or receptacle lowered to a position for refilling; and Fig. 4 is a vertical transverse sectional view of the lower discharge end of the flourbin, the remainder of the bin being broken away.

Similar numerals of reference indicate similar parts in all the figures of the draw ings.

Referring more particularly to the drawings, 1 designates the cabinet as an entirety, and the construction of the same includes, across its front and near its middle, a laterally extending rail 2. Above and below the rail 2 are formed, respectively the usual upper and lower compartments, the latter being designated as 3. The upper compartment is subdivided vertically to form the flour-bin compartment, which latter communicates at its lower end with the compartment 3, and below these is located the sliding table 6, generally arranged so as to be withdrawn for use or pushed back within the cabinet and out of the way when not in use.

For reasons heretofore stated, the employment of a flexible curtain or door for closing the compartment 3 is very desirable, and for the purpose of accommodating such a curtain or door, and which I have designated as 4:, opposite parallel tracks or ways 5 are located at the sides of the compartment 3. At their upper ends, and immediately in rear of the cross-rail 2, the tracks are disposed somewhat in scroll-form, so that, when the flexible curtain or door is elevated 'to give access to the compartment 3,v said ourtain or door will be rolled in reasonably compact form within its ways and in rear of the rail 2.

The flour-bin or receptacle l0, occupies its usual position of the flour-bin compartment,

the delivery-end of the bin extending down into the compartment 3. The bin, as is usual, is constructed of sheet-metal, and has a general rectangular shape approximating that of the compartment within which it is located. it its front, the bin may be pro vided with a transparent-panel 11, through which its contents may be observed.

The front wall of the bin, at a point below its longitudinal middle, and coincident with the upper edge of the cross-rail 2, is inclined rearwardly and downwardly, as at 13, and terminates or merges into an arcuate portion 14;, such dispositions of the wall forming a curved recess or chamber 12, capable of and adapted to receive and accommodate the flexible curtain or door -l when the latter is raised and rolled. The lower edge of the arcuate portion 1-1 merges into the walls of the delivery-end 15 of the bin, and such end may constitute a substantially circular casing 16, having a reduced lower end 17, in which is positioned a sitter 18. The ordinary type of rotary beater, 19, may be included within the delivery-end 16, such being operable through the medium of the shaft 20, terminating in a convenient handle or crank.

Suitable handles, 22, may be located at both the front and back of the casing 16, by which the bin may be conveniently carried when detached from the cabinet. A fillingopening, 2st, is preferablyformed in the rear wall of the bin, adjacent the lower or discharge-cnd of the latter, and such opening may be normally and effectually closed by any suitable form of closure, as, for instance, a door 25, the latter being secured by an ordinary form of latch 26. A handle, 28, is also preferably located on the front wall of the bin, near its upper end, and the upper end of the bin is cutaway toward its rear so as to escape the top of the cabinet.

As will be apparent, by reference to Figs. 1 and 2 of the drawings, when occupying its normal positionthat is, elevated within the cabinet-the front portion of the inclined wall 13 of the bin rests upon the upper edge of the cross-rail 2, the weight of the bin, in rear of this point, serving to retain the bin within the bin-receiving compartment of the cabinet and with its rear wall at some point abutting against that of the cabinet. lVhen thus positioned, it will be apparent, the operations of the flexible curtain or door 4: are in nowise interfered with by the presence of the bin. At the same time. the cross-rail 2 serving as a fulcrum, it will be evident that the bin may be moved forward and swung outward and downward until its front upper corner resls upon the table 6, when it becomes solidly supported and is most conveniently located to give access to its interior through the opening 2% for the purpose of refilling. During both the inward and outward movement of the bin, it will be seen that the inclined as well as the arcuate-portion thereof rides over the upper edge of the cross-rail 2, so that, not only does ,ttie bin turn but also rides over this rail, or

in other words, the rail constitutes what might be termed a changing fulcrum, an such permits of the employment of a bin approximately the same in size and shape as the bin-receptacle whereby waste-space i the cabinet is avoided. It will furthermore be apparent, that when the bin has been swung outward, as shown in Fig. 3, the handles 22 are uppermost, and form convenient means whereby the bin may be lifted bodily from the cabinet and carried to any point for cleaning. If found necessary, the back wall of the cabinet may be recessed. as at 34;, to receive the latch for securing the closure for the filling-opening 2a of the bin. By inclining the recess, as at 13, the bin, when elevated, or partly so, has a tendency to slide backward into an erect position within the compartment.

Having described my invention, what I claim, is: i

1. The combination, with a kitchen-cabinet, including a compartment formed therein, of an intermediate transverse bar across the front of said compartment, a flour-bin in said compartment and having its front wall, between its ends, provided with a curved recess loosely receiving said bar, whereby said bin is supported and movably fulcrumed on the bar and capable of. tilting outward at its upper end to assume an inverted position, and a rest for supporting said bin when so tilted and inverted.

Q. The combination, with a kitchen-cabinet, including a compartment formed therein, of an intermediate transverse bar across the front of said compartment, a flour-bin in said compartment and between its upper and lower ends having its front wall provided with loosely receiving a recess for said transverse bar. said recess having a front inclined portion and a rear curved portion, whereby said bin is adapted to rest upon and slide forwardly over said bar at the inclined portion of said recess and is movably fulcrumed upon said bar so as to swing over the same at the rear curved portion of the recess, so that the bin is capable of tilting outward and swinging downward at its upper end so as to assume an inverted position in front of said compartment, and a rest for supporting the said bin when so tilted and inverted 3. The combination, with a kitchen-cabinet,including a compartment formed there-v in, of an intermediate transverse bar across the front of said compartment, a flour-bin in said compartment and having its front wall, between its ends, provided with a recess for said bar, said recess terminating in a rear engaging portion, whereby said bin is supported by the bar and is capable of sliding forwardly thereover so that the rear portion of the recess is brought into engagement with the bar and the bin may be swung upon the bar to an inverted position in front 10 means for supporting said bin when so inverted.

In testimony in presence of t Vitnesses YVILFRED SELLERS.

ISABELLA MAGUIRE. 

